Sub:
Outsourcing of the work performed by Postal employees to Common Service Centre
(CSC) -- Request to withdraw the proposed move to implement pilot projects in
selected Post offices.

Sir

We are really shocked to learn that the Department of Posts
has decided to permit the Common Service Centre (CSC), a public private
partnership company, to open their counters inside the departmental Post office
buildings. It is learnt that CSC will provide following Postal Services to the
public through their Customer Service Centres, which will be integrated and
synchronised with the Core System Integrator (CSI) of the Department of Posts.

1. Booking of Registered and Speed post articles.

2. Booking of eMO.

3. Acceptance of deposits in Post office Savings Bank
accounts.

4. Acceptance of PLI and RPLI proposals and premiums.

As you are aware, the above work is
at present performed by the Post office staff. Outsourcing the work to an
outside agency on revenue sharing basis, will adversely affect the workload of Post
offices which in turn will adversely affect the job security of Post office
staff.

We vehemently oppose the unilateral
and retrograde decision of the Department of Posts to outsource the functions
of the Post offices to outside agency. We demand the Secretary, Department of Posts,
to review the decision and withdraw the orders forthwith.

We
further like to make it clear that , inspite of our objection , if the
Department goes ahead with its decision to outsource the Post office functions
, we will be constrained to organise agitational programmes without any further
notice.